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name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value6.3 s

3/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value9.1 s

1/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value6.7 s

36/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value980 ms

28/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.147

77/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value13.5 s

11/100

10%

smallbiz.vanguard.com

82 ms

jsfunctions.js

94 ms

VGI.css

24 ms

Our browser made a total of 3 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that all of those requests were addressed to Smallbiz.vanguard.com and no external sources were called. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (94 ms) belongs to the original domain Smallbiz.vanguard.com.

Content Size

333.2 kB

After Optimization

68.3 kB

In fact, the total size of Smallbiz.vanguard.com main page is 333.2 kB. This result falls within a vast category (top 1 000 000) of heavyweight, probably not optimized, and thus slow loading web pages. Only a small number of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 185.9 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-58%

Potential reduce by 1.2 kB

Original 2.0 kB
After minification 1.8 kB
After compression 828 B

HTML content can be minified and compressed by a website’s server. The most efficient way is to compress content using GZIP which reduces data amount travelling through the network between server and browser. This page needs HTML code to be minified as it can gain 217 B, which is 11% of the original size. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 1.2 kB or 58% of the original size.

JavaScript Optimization

-76%

Potential reduce by 140.7 kB

Original 185.9 kB
After minification 175.6 kB
After compression 45.2 kB

It’s better to minify JavaScript in order to improve website performance. The diagram shows the current total size of all JavaScript files against the prospective JavaScript size after its minification and compression. It is highly recommended that all JavaScript files should be compressed and minified as it can save up to 140.7 kB or 76% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-85%

Potential reduce by 123.0 kB

Original 145.3 kB
After minification 132.1 kB
After compression 22.3 kB

CSS files minification is very important to reduce a web page rendering time. The faster CSS files can load, the earlier a page can be rendered. Smallbiz.vanguard.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 123.0 kB or 85% of the original size.

Requests Now

After Optimization

The browser has sent 2 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Small Biz Vanguard. According to our analytics all requests are already optimized.

Accessibility Issues

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

These are opportunities to improve the semantics of the controls in your application. This may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

Areas of Improvement

High

Does not use HTTPS

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Issues were logged in the Issues panel in Chrome Devtools

Search Engine Optimization Advices

To appear in search results, crawlers need access to your app.

High

Links are not crawlable

Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

Make sure your pages are mobile friendly so users don’t have to pinch or zoom in order to read the content pages. [Learn more](https://developers.google.com/search/mobile-sites/).

High

Document uses legible font sizes

High

Tap targets are not sized appropriately

Language and Encoding

Language Detected

EN
Language Claimed

N/A
Encoding

ISO-8859-1

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Smallbiz.vanguard.com can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and neither this language nor any other was claimed in <html> or <meta> tags. Our system also found out that Smallbiz.vanguard.com main page’s claimed encoding is iso-8859-1. Changing it to UTF-8 can be a good choice, as this format is commonly used for encoding all over the web and thus their visitors won’t have any troubles with symbol transcription or reading.

Social Sharing Optimization

smallbiz.vanguard.com

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Small Biz Vanguard. Lack of Open Graph description can be counter-productive for their social media presence, as such a description allows converting a website homepage (or other pages) into good-looking, rich and well-structured posts, when it is being shared on Facebook and other social media. For example, adding the following code snippet into HTML <head> tag will help to represent this web page correctly in social networks: